the support continuing this morning for a family of a paterson boy. a tragedy end to his story. police investigate a fatal collision on interstate 580 overnight. a monster storm cripping the nation. the impact being felt at airports here and across the country. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. good morning, thank you for joining us on this wednesday february 2nd i'm pam cook. >> and i'm mike mibach in this morning for dave clark. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. let's start with steve in the weather center. >> thank you very much. we have clear sky. very windy for some.

we don't have to worry about any clouds. it will be sunny. highs low 60s for some. mid 60s and if you can get that north wind santa rosa you will be near 70 degrees. here is sal. traffic in san rafael looks good. driving down to 580 no problems on 101. also this morning we are looking at traffic on interstate 880. it's getting more crowded. the weather is clear it's not too bad of a commute when it comes to visibility. this morning chp is trying to determine what lead up to a fatal overnight crash. it happened last night on eastbound 580. investigators say the driver of a volvo sedan was running at top speeds when he raced on to the freeway. he then veered off the roadway and smashed into a tree and died. they have identified him as 57-

year-old ray harrington of oakland. an entire community is mourning the death of a four- year-old boy they hardly knew. jade hernandez is joins us now from patterson with details of a vigil. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. we just spoke to a patterson resident that stopped by to tell us several community groups is reaching out to this family. there are ribbons on the door and every tree outside here. at juliani cardenas' family surprised everyone by showing up here. ♪ this little light of mine i'm going to let it shine ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of patterson residents came to show their support. july than any's pre-- juliani's

mother kept hope that her son was alive. her exboyfriend wouldn't hurt her son. juliani cardenas because he helped raise him and thought of juliani as his son. but authorities say rodriguez drove his corolla into the canal. tears flowed throughout the i have vigil. juliani's grandmother talked to the crowd. >> my grandson is looking at all of you. wherever he is. >> reporter: tabitha cardenas could not hide her anger and hatred for her exboyfriend. in fact, she posted a quote saying that she wants everyone to pray that jose's body is found so we can all know he is burning in hell and she doesn't have to worry about him taking

her unborn girl. jose is the father of tabitha's unborn baby. reporting live jade hernandez. we'll continue to bring you reports from patterson all morning long. you can also find continuing coverage on our channel 2 website website website. we are following reports in a giant standoff happening in egypt. thousands of demonstrators showing support for president mubarak are clashing with antigovernment protestors on the streets of cairo. there you have a live picture of the streets of cairo. now within the last two hours reports starting to come in there have been injuries among the protestors after the two sides began hitting each other with sticks and throwing stones. we will have a live report from washington, d.c. coming up in ten minutes with president obama's message to egypt's

president. the latest diplomatic cables released shows al qaeda is on the verge of producing radio active materials. they warnedover a nuclear 9/11 if supplies of you are rain yum was not secured. forecasters say parts of the midwest could get up to 18 inches of snow. the storm hit chicago extremely hard. we will have a live report from chicago with those current conditions in just a few minutes. the blizzard back east is forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights across the country. anyone heading to the bay area

airport should call ahead. there were dozens of cancellations at sfo, oakland, and san jose yesterday. more travel troubles are expected today. one travel agent tells us hundreds of bay area super bowl fans heading to texas are stuck waiting for the weather to clear. you can check up to the minute flight information also on our website ktvu.com just look for the travel tab on our front page. in just a few hours a vallejo company will dismantle a ship from a moth ball fleet. claudine wong is live to tell us why this is a big step for the city and entire west coast. >> reporter: good morning, pam. we have moved locations. this is the dry dock where this ship will be coming in. if you can pan over you can see a little bit of activity over here as the general foreman and crew get ready to go. they will head over to the tug boats and resteve this 50-year-

old ship. it will take most of the morning to move that ship over here. when it arrives in essence this will be history in the making. this dry dock is the first and only one of its kind on the west coast. they offered this contract to al lied. it's to dismanned led two ships. and the first is the sfo tore man. that contract very significant because it makes mayor island the only island to do this. this is also significant for this area because it's providing jobs for those of you who may not be familiar with the history of this island. mayor island was the first navy base. it closed in '96. the general foreman out here who is working on the project he said he worked on mayor island for 37 years. he is in that group.

hard to see. 37 years out here. and then he left and now he's back. he's hoping for 30 more years but again first things first the first ship set to come over here. they will go over the tug boats. that will take from 6:00 to 7:00. it won't be in here until about 11:00. there will be continuous activity this morning. live in mayor island claudine wong. earlier this morning the world's most famous ground hog made his winter weather prediction. >> so an early spring it will be. >> that is the word from punxsutawney phil. he did not see his shadow. according to legend that means an early spring. >> if he would have seen his shadow it would have meant six more weeks of winter. 6:08 this wednesday morning. sal castaneda so far so good

out there this morning? >> i think it is. i will show you traffic pictures that show you traffic is routine. it is getting slower. and you know, quite frankly one of the things i have had to get used to we are on the air at 4:30. as the commute goes on i am used to the number of people that get on the road early. people get out there early. we are trying to help you get to work. one thing i have noticed the commute has been spread out more. so that kind of helps us all out as the traffic is evened out. westbound 237 still looking good. this will not stay there for too long. if you want to get into the valley right now 237, 101, and 280 still looking okay. let's go to steve. sal, gentleman said the same thing to me yesterday. he took his wife to the airport and could not believe how many cars are on the road at 4:00

a.m.. a lot of people we have seen in awho pip you might notice there is no fog. there is a lot of wind. grizzly peak has gusts to 45. mount diablo has gusts to 61. on the peninsula some of the higher elevations picking up the wind. the wind will be a factor today. breezy for some. 26 miles an hour at travis. even at the surface there is pretty breezy gusts. sunny and breezy and mild. a dry pattern for awhile. sunny and warm with 70s for highs. systems continue to try to punch through. but the best they can do is give us a few high clouds and they head to the north. high pressure is not going anywhere. it seems like it wants to stick around for awhile. today no fog. clear skies. gusts 25 to 50 miles an hour. especially some of the higher elevations. east bay hills we've seen gusts 35 to 60. so it will be a sunny day.

gusts 26. sfo east southeast at nine. that is a cool breeze for them. that comes over water. san jose northwest at ten. that could be a mild condition for some. 40s and 50s. there are 20s and 30s for areas that don't have any breeze at all. a lot of 40s and low 50s. good looking system pap lot of energy coming north of the hawaiian islands. where sit -- where is it going? not near us. now some areas that will get to 60s to 70s. santa rosa will go 70s. 65 sausalito. walnut creek 64 but berkeley 68. oakland 70. antioch and livermore low 60s. 66 san jose. santa cruz we will go 66 and santa clara 66.

san bruno 60. wood side 67. and a beautiful day at hoof moon bay at 66. if you are looking for sunshine you've got it. pam. a change in the protest in egypt this morning. the new force clashing with protestors on the streets. and what president obama told the president of egypt. the internet is filled with information. what is being done to make more space online.

seriously injured. the violence is reopting less

-- erupting less than 24 hours after mubarak said he would hold on to elections. president obama is urging him to step aside sooner. >> through thousands of years egypt has known many moments of transformation. the voices of the egyptian people tell us that this is one of those moments. >> reporter: president obama is being briefed at the white house as we speak about the volatile situation on the streets in cairo. we will stay on top it. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. . >> senate lawmakers will leave president obama's health care bill intact once they take up the issue today. it is not expected to get enough support in the senate. the health care law is estimated to extend coverage to more than 30 million uninsured americans. the huge number of computers around the world is leading to a shortage. this week the last of four billion web addresses will be allocated to internet providers. those addresses are the numeric codes to web addresses. that doesn't mean the end of

web surfing as we know it. >> it's an interesting footnote that helps us gain insight into this rapid adoption of the internet. something that 20 years ago very few people heard about. >> the solution is fairly simple. all the major providers will have to switch over to a new system called ip version six. but the transition may not be easy. so google, facebook, yahoo and others will run a one-day test during june. san jose mayor wants to renew travel between san jose international airport and tokyo. he's heading to japan today. he will discuss restarting tran pacific flights between the two cities. survey show that tokyo and london are the two most desired international destinations of silicon valley executives. let's check in with sal on the roadways. sal. >> mike, and pam i would say we are giving this a b plus so

far. i don't want to jinx it. we are doing okay. highway 4 getting busier. getting busier now. i'm having trouble speaking. besides that the traffic is okay. on 680 it's okay from concord to walnut creek. we are getting some slowing on westbound 24. moving along to the bay bridge. we're having a little bit of slowing here in the left lanes coming up to the pay gates. the fast track lanes as you can see moving along nicely right on through the toll plaza and get into the valley northbound 280 traffic moves well. this commute still has a few minutes before it becomes really crowded. let's go to steve. thank you. skies are clear. the wind has really decided to pick up a little bit court see of a system that dug into the east of us. skies are clear at 30s, 40s, and 50s by a low. any breeze and your upper 40s and low 50s. there is nothing coming in.

the pattern does not favor any rain for us for a i while. these are miles an hour and gusts. mount diablo at 61. grizzly peak at 45 miles an hour. right by the caldecott you might notice a lot of wind. fairfield 26. richmond both reporting 27 miles an hour. i know that is not much but it's a little breezy for some. 40s and 50s. 52 san rafael and san francisco. that is a good looking system but it's not going anywhere near us. it's heading toward the north. sunny and breezy at times. the higher elevations pick up the brunt of the wind. 60s and 70s for the highs today. we will go 70 for santa rosa. they get a north wind. that is a warm wind for them. sunshine across the board. thanks, steve. hewlett packard public with its

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protecting the house and some gangs all over the place. driving machine guns. you know. i never seen anything like that in cairo. >> he says now that he is back in the bay area, he's following the news coverage very closely and worries about his brothers and sisters back in cairo. after the horror of the pipeline explosion, it's the last thing people want to hear. new concerns are surfacing over the safety of other pipelines.

good morning, i'm jade hernandez. we are live in patterson we find out how a community is handling the discovery of a four-year-old missing patterson boy.

welcome back to the morning news. right on time. there is the opening bell in new york this morning. seeing a lot of red over there on the nasdaq because it's american heart associations go red for women. volunteers ringing in the opening bell. it's a national campaign to raise awareness to heart disease among women. it's a big killer and a lot of research and attention toward men and heart disease. this is an annual reminder that it's a big problem for women. so go red for women. i forgot to wear my red dress this morning. >> my apologies.

good morning, to you all out there. thanks for joining us on the ktvu morning news. it's wednesday february 2nd. dave clark has the day off. >> i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. it's a time of mourning in the central valley. two weeks after a four-year-old boy was kidnapped from his grandmothers arms. jade hernandez is live from patterson with details of a tragic discovery. >> reporter: that is right tabitha's mother couldn't hide her anger and hatred toward her exboyfriend. on a facebook page which had been set up to facilitate some of the information. she wanted everyone to pray that jose's body is found so we all know he is burning in hell. rodriguez is the father of that child who is due in march. i want to bring you back out live here in front of patterson

hall. ♪ let it shine let it shine let it shine ♪ >> reporter: hundreds of residents came to show their support in overwhelming sadness. juliani's pregnant mother kept her belief alive that her boy would be found alive. she thought jose would not hurt her son. rodriguez drove his silver are doe into the canal. >> i thank all of you and all of my grandsons he is looking at all of you.

>> as for rodriguez there is a homicide warrant out for his arrest. the sheriffs department indicates they believe that his body will also be recovered in the canal. reporting live from patterson jade hernandez. >> we will continue to bring you reports from patterson all morning long. we you can find continuing coverage on your channel 2 website just click on the cardenas tab. new information is raising new concerns about the safety of pg&e pipelines. kraig debro joins us from south san francisco with the results of recent inspections. good morning . >> reporter: good morning, pam. the pg&e the information submitted yesterday a report that said 21 gas leaks were found near people and buildings. three of them here in san francisco. north of oyster point and down along highway 101 here to grand avenue and then up grand avenue and the direction of san bruno.

now i have just spoken with a gas pipeline safety expert on the phone. he says the leaks are serious but he can only think of one other example where a gas leak actually caused the kind of rupture we saw back on september ninth. the san bruno explosion killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the report submitted says the utility has fixed the leak. in addition to the 21 that are close to people and buildings. pg&e told the regulatory agency said it found and fixed 38 others. according to richard cooper a gas leak did not cause the san bruno explosion. >> it's extremely rare in my 30 years of experience in investigating these pipelines. >> reporter: i asked him if he was part of the investigation he declined comment. pg&e is racing to sift through a million pipeline records.

the feds asked the utility to do that. jackie spears was told a high ranking pg&e official he said they were not able to find 30% of records for hundreds of miles of gas pipelines that officials later denied to the chronicle that he said that this morning. we are still gathering information on the report and also talking to residents about their reaction to having these leaks so close to downtown san francisco. we are report look live kraig debro. the oakland city council could have a new pot farm policy in a few weeks. the hot topic dominated last nights city council meeting and could have a big impact on the industry for the entire state. last year oakland city leaders approved licensing large scale marijuana farms to bring in tax money. but serious legal questions have now been considering a scaled back version. council woman brooks is

proposing limiting the size of the farms. >> hopefully it's closely aligned with the attorney generals guidelines and won't put the city or cultivators at risk. >> oakland city attorneys still have to sign off on the plan. the public safety committee will review the policy. there was another important item on last nights city council agenda. oakland city leaders are trying to figure out how to save $52 million >> there are projects that people have spent yearns that would be asian to lose. >> governor brown's plan involves collecting money from cities that have not been in use. in oakland there is a lot on the line because redevelopment funds are set aside tomorrow save the oakland a's. officers say they stopped a

car monday night just before 11:00 on loan tree way for a moving violation. a background check of the driver said he was on parole for a robbery. after checking his car, police found a guitar case with an assault rifle and ammunition inside. and a san francisco retailer is due to be arraigned in court today with the connection of the fatal shooting of two rival store workers. 56-year-old -- the father of one of the victims is also criticizing gun laws in the united states and now calling for more regulation. concord police are crediting a hero with helping them track down an armed suspect. that is after a teller was held up at the wells fargo bank on clayton road. police say a man jumped into his car and followed the suspect from the crime scene he then told police where to find

him. the 25-year-old suspect is in jail this morning. decisions have been reached in three parking related issues in san francisco first and effecting the most drivers. tran silt officials set -- transit officials set a time limit. next they approved a $55 penalty for muni workers that park at transit lots without paying a monthly fee. those penalties are expected to generate more than $1 million a year. and a pilot program to give than anies parking permits was approved. it's now 6:38. i want to go back to sal. how is traffic? >> it's getting busier now at the toll plaza. you will look at it and think i missed my window. it's not bad. it might look worse to you than it is. there are no problems on the bridge. no stalls or no crashes on that span. so you still should be in pretty decent shape in case you are considering bart.

bart is in time. traffic looks good. approaching the 80 split. a little windy as you might be able to tell by your cameras moving side to side. and this morning in the south bay the commute there looks pretty good. not a lot of activity on the road sensors. just a lot of green which means traffic is moving pretty well. on the peninsula 101 san mateo everything looks fine so far. let's go toasty. thank you. a very good morning. for many of you, you are multitasking. you are getting ready for the day. the wind picked up overnight and there have been rather strong gusts. today sunny coast bay inland that won't be a problem. windy at times. sunny and mild. i say mild there could be a couple upper 60s to 70s. the wind has cranked up. tomorrow we will lose the

breeze. tomorrow will be a cold morning. the weekend looks dry sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid 70s. i'm standing in front of two systems. one is falling apart on the vine. the second one says i have no place to go expect up and over. the high has built in aloft and that is giving us the north, northeast wind. that chewed up that fog yesterday. gusts 25 to 50 plus. some of the higher elevations at the surface. mount diablo has gusts up to 61 miles an hour. ranch road 458 miles an hour. as that comes down you might be on the side of caldecott. and you will get hit with a pretty good breeze. that makes for a warm pattern for oakland. crystal springs 37 miles an hour. fairfield 26. l.a. honda 25. it's coming out of the east,

northeast. 40s and 50s some low 40s. the wind tails off. i have seen 20s up in lake county. a couple. a lot of 20s, 30s, and 40s there. there is a lot of energy in the pacific. it's just not heading in our direction. sunshine today. breezy to windy. cool to mild lows. very windy in the higher elevations. good gusts up there. san rafael at 66. 70 in downtown oakland with that east, northeast wind. 66 san jose which would be warmer than morgan hill and gilroy. 66 san francisco. half-moon bay. wood side we will go 67. sunshine right in a row. warmer temperatures by friday and saturday. precious cargo may be a

little too precious. postal workers discover a live puppy inside a two-day ground parcel. a lot of activity at mayor island as the first west coast recycling site gets its first shift. good morning, richmond bridge traffic looking good. it looks gusty. we'll give you an update.

good morning, here is a quick look at the top stories we following. you are looking live at the streets of cairo right now where several thousand supporters of mubarak are clashing with protestors. we have been monitoring these live pictures coming out this morning. this massive storm has been causing problems at the airports. anyone catching a flight this morning should go ahead and call a rain. the rain and ice storm is hitting a third of the entire country. new diplomatic cables is released by wikileaks are trying to build nuclear weapons. in just a few hours the

ship from the bays moth ball fleet will be towed. those ships are usually sent to the east coast to be recycled but this one is staying in the bay area. claudine wong joins us now from vallejo to tell us why this is significant. >> reporter: this is an important step. we are standing in front of this dry dock where the ship will be brought here. this will be the first of its kind on the west coast. i want you to take a look over the parking lot where we are standing. see a group of gentlemen standing over there. we want to explain that. this project is significant because of the people and jobs they bring. that group is hoping to be a part of the crew that brings the ship. they want work. they put in applications and one of the men told me if they let them hop on the ship to get to work this morning he wouldn't hesitate. >> i want to try to get in there and tear it down. they might want to bring some more that they say about five

or six years worth of work. it could turn into 30 years of work depends on how it turns out. that would be great for vallejo temperature >> reporter: now this is video that we took within the last half hour of the crew that left to get the tug boats to bring the ship in here. they told us it will take a couple hours to get it from the bay over to this dork doc. work will take months. if we talk about the significance of this project imparticular. in the past any ship that has been taken out of the bay they have been taken to san francisco to be cleaned up. there were towed 5,000 miles through the canal and either over to texas or virginia to be recycled. this is the first west coast recycle ling place they can do that. there are two ships already scheduled to come here again. people hoping there are two with many more to come. live in vallejo claudine wong.

>> in india today 18 young men traveling on the rooftop of an over crowded train were killed when they hit a low overhead bridge. police say the men were on their way to apply for job openings. a dire warning from the australian government this morning as a cyclone moves into queensland. the storm is predicted to with the most dangerous in generations. wind gusts of up to 100 miles an hour are expected. tens of thousands of people are evacuating and those that cannot get out in time are being encouraged to go to evacuation centers. flights disrupted by the eruption in japan will begin today. four people have been injured. volcano is part of a row mote mountain range on a southern island. this is its first major eruption in more than 50 years. a minneapolis woman is

ascussed of trying to send is a pup -- accused of trying to send a puppy through the mail. the woman told the clerk there was a toy robot in the box and there could be sound and movement. the box is holding a four-month- old poodle mix. the puppy is said to be okay and cared for in an animal control facility. the professor grade of b plus 45 minutes ago when he was grading the roadways. has that changed at all? >> i would say it has calmed down a little bit. i think it's still okay. i like being called the professor, thank you. i just found out about something that is unusual. we have high wednesday in southern california that a couple big rigs have been toppled over by the high winds. i will follow up on that. we don't have winds like that in the bay area. let's go out and take a look at 237. some stop and go traffic get

into the valley. well you might want to get on the road now. it seems to be changing there. trying to get into the area. moving along and taking a look at 580 livermore that traffic is busy coming off the pass. and if you are driving on highway 4 it looks okay. the rest of it looks okay. and then marin county nevada to san rafael just after highway 37 may be some crowding but looking good down toward the civic center. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. that is backed up to a ten minute wait. now here is steve. thank you. we have clear skies. it will be sunny today. it's one of those extra hold on the hair spray because the wind is picking up. for some it will be blustery. we are seeing a few locations with calm conditions. many with 15-25 and gusts 45 to 50 and higher elevations. where is that rain? it's out in the pacific. it's not heading in our

direction. the forecast windy at times. sunny cool to mild today. today we will lose a lot of those breeze. they will rebound back up into the 60s to near 70 degrees. the seven-ten day outlook looks good. today no fog. that was wiped out by the wind. gusts 25 to 50 miles an hour. it's an offshore breeze. you know if you have been out here by any length at times it's beautiful. gusts at 61 in mount diablo. grizzly peak 45. fairfield has had gusts to 26. richmond and parts of san francisco gusts at 21. fairfield north at 20. northwest san jose to ten. there is a good breeze kicking up. that means temperatures are held up. 40s to 250 -- 40s to 50s.

we had a lot of 50s yesterday. it looks good. cool mild morning but wind out there. hold on. 60 to near 70 degrees on the forecasted highs. i have seen a few upper 20s for lows in lake county. 66 napa. 66 keptfield. 61 pittsburgh. 70 in downtown oakland. 64 morgan hill. fremont 66. and 67 wood side with half-moon bay pacifica. sunshine across the board. less wind. warmer temps friday and saturday. thank you. the cost of getting a mortgage is on the rise again even for people with good credit scores. for the first time in ten

years. fanny mae and freddie mac are raising the risk fees. most borrows will have to have scores of 770 or better and a down payment of 20%. all right checking in on the numbers. the dow started the day at 12,000. the s & p up more than 1300. you can take a look at the big board the dow jones hanging on to a gain right now. there are lingering concerns on just about everything. earnings, jobs, housing, so we do expect analysts expect wall street to test investigators to test the 12,000 level maybe for some time. okay california big cycling race is expected to make a big announcement. good morning, northbound 280 traffic getting busy on the way up to the valley. we will tell you more about the

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welcome back to the morning news. there will be a zero tolerance for illegal drugs during the california bike race. later today organizers will announce the most comprehensive antidoping program ever. last years race was dominated

in the headlines by ration racing super star floyd landis that admitted to using drugs. american idol judges will get an ear full from contestants in los angeles and austin this week. we have a sneak peek of some of the auditions. ♪ don't you be wasting all your money ♪ be hold the land ♪ >> despite a few misses many of the contestants shined including some who auditioned on line it's the first time the show allowed myspace auditions. some of the people that adductioned -- additioned through myspace were asked to audition in front of the judges. >> it should be good. coming up next on mornings on 2 the search for a missing

boy comes to a tragic conclusion whether that investigation goes from here. also the monster storm back east is having a big impact on bay area airports. we will continue our live coverage. stay with us.